cheerlessness
Example Sentences
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The bright and blue-skied backdrop is utterly at odds with the cheerlessness deliciously conjured by Tolkien.
From Slate • Dec. 12, 2013
That night, its air striking power destroyed, the Japanese invasion armada turned in "emptiness, cheerlessness and chagrin" and limped for home.
From Time Magazine Archive
The chill and cheerlessness of it all was reaching at the hearts of the boy and girl who were at the moment of parting.
From The Heart of Unaga by Cullum, Ridgwell
To add to our unpleasant position, and, at the same time, to heighten the cheerlessness of the scene 143around us, the rain began to fall violently.
From Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) by Stephens, John Lloyd
Three hunted Jacobites, dragging themselves forward drearily, found the situation one of utter cheerlessness.
From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Travis, Stuart
